One Brick A Day
By John Michael Domingo
As ambitious young professionals, we want success NOW! But becoming successful in anything takes time, hard work, persistence, humility, and patience. That's why we believe in playing the long game and laying your bricks each day to help you become the best version of yourself. Check out more content at www.onebrickaday.com
One Brick A DayMar 01, 2018
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Balance Thinking & Doing
Each of us is either a "doer" or a "thinker." An important part in our journey to success is figuring out which one we are so that we can balance our thoughts with actions and our actions with thoughts. You can check out the article that this episode was based on my clicking this link: www.onebrickaday.com/balance-thinking-thinking/
Mar 01, 201804:38
Positive Self Talk
While we may not realize it, the way we talk to ourselves plays a large role in our outlook on life. Because of that, it's very important to be intentional about how what we think about. Today, I talk about how changing one word made a huge difference for my levels of stress. Check out the article that inspired this episode here: www.onebrickaday.com/use-self-talk-good/
Feb 19, 201805:07
Facing New Challenges
Regardless of what you do for a living, you're going to face unfamiliar challenges and tasks. We all feel the same panic when given something best we are unsure how to handle. Today, we discuss 2 ways you can learn to embrace this feeling and use it for your benefit! Check out the related article at www.onebrickaday.com/face-fear-unknown/
Feb 08, 201804:39
Focus on the process
It's common for us to pick careers based on what the lifestyle of being successful in that career is like. This isn't a terrible way to look at it but I'd highly recommend you instead consider looking at a career that you would enjoy the process of getting good at. Today, we dive in to why I think this is a good idea and I give some real world examples. Check out the associated article for this at www.onebrickaday.com/focus-process-not-outcome/ . Thank you for listening!
Feb 04, 201806:07
Comparing Yourself to Others
With the rose of social media, it's easier than ever to see what other people are up to. While this brings many positives, it can make us compare ourselves to others. Today, we talk about why this is bad and how you should think instead. Check out the new section to my blog that I discussed today at www.onebrickaday.com/brick-thoughts
Feb 01, 201806:23
Tracking Your Progress
Today we talk about a method I've recently started that helps me keep track of how things are going in life. If you keep this up, you'll be able to look back years later and see your story unfold. Check out more content at www.onebrickaday.com
Jan 26, 201805:59
Building Self Confidence
Self confidence comes from building up trust in yourself, your work ethic, and your abilities. But this trust takes time to grow. Today, we talk about how you can start building you "confidence bank." Check out more content at www.onebrickaday.com
Jan 26, 201804:55
Reverse Engineer Success
There's no need to reinvent the wheel. Successful people made it to the top because they did certain things and learned along the way. So instead of trying to figure everything out on your own, just look at what they are doing! Today, we talk about working backwards to recreate success. Check out more content at www.onebrickaday.com
Jan 24, 201802:33
Pushing Through Plateaus
It's impossible to always make progress in your life and your goals. How you handle these periods of plateau will show what you're really made of. Today, we talk about getting your mindset right for the challenging times. Check out more at www.onebrickaday.com
Jan 18, 201805:30
Patience in Your 20's
There are no overnight successes. It takes a lot of time to get where we want. That's why we need patience. But getting patience isn't easy. Today we will talk about looking into your past to help you get patience for the future. You don't want to miss this one. www.onebrickaday.com
Jan 14, 201802:32
Structuring Your Day
There are only 24 hours in a day and for some of us, we need to sleep during some of them. That means we have around 16 hours to get everything done that we want. In order to use this time wisely, we need to have some structure. Today we talk about how to set up your day for success. Check out more content like this at www.onebrickaday.com
Jan 11, 201807:01
Discipline Equals Freedom
Today I'll be reading an excerpt from the badass book 'Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual' by Jocko Willink. Jocko is a former Navy Seal Platoon Commander. Let's put it this way...he knows a thing or two about leadership and discipline. Checkout this book on Amazon or search his name on iTunes for the equally awesome podcast.
Jan 07, 201806:42
2 Traits Required For Success
Doing anything worthwhile in life takes hard work and a lot of time. Because of this, we need to be able to keep putting the work in day after day if we want to succeed. Today, we talk about 2 characteristics of successful people and I give you a 30 Day Challenge.
Dec 08, 201706:53
Have Better Conversations
We have the lost the art of conversation. Now, the majority of our dialogue is about fruitless topics that has caused the skill of conversation to be much rarer. Today we discuss the three levels of conversation as well as how you can take your skills to the next level.
Dec 07, 201715:09
Finding Your Fitness WHY
Have you ever told yourself you were going to get in shape only to quit 2 weeks later? You aren't alone. Too many people don't fully commit to fitness because they don't have a strong enough reason to stay dedicated. Today, I share how bullying motivated my fitness as well as some ways to find your own fitness 'why'.
Dec 06, 201706:59
Enjoy the Process
Sharing the "relax for the same result" idea by Derek Sivers. We all want success, but is huffing and puffing till we are red in the face the smartest way to get it?
Dec 05, 201700:09
Your Thoughts Are Unique
We have all had a great idea and thought that surely someone else must have already thought about this. However, in this episode, I argue that you can have a completely unique thought.
Dec 05, 201700:09
Smash Your Comfort Zone
If your comfort zone is a circle, the real growth only happens outside of it. It's time to take your leap.
Dec 04, 201700:09